Trump, who is on his way to West Virginia to talk shit, will claim that as a win for him, and proof of a witch hunt, since there were more charges they couldn't come to a unanimous conclusion on than charges where they were certain of his guilt.A federal jury in Virginia convicted Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, on eight counts of bank and tax fraud on Tuesday, but no verdict could be reached on the 10 other charges he faced.
NBC
The charges at issue in the Manafort trial, which began July 31 in Alexandria, Virginia, weren’t directly related to Russian interference in the 2016 election, but painted a startling picture of a senior campaign figure who appears to have had the motive, means and opportunity to help the Russians.
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For Manafort, a graduate of Georgetown Law School and an adviser to five Republican presidential campaigns, it’s been a stunning collapse — first financial, and now, a life-altering criminal conviction.
He'll be awaiting his pardon. And then he'll be going to trial September 17 in DC on the money laundering and failure to register as a foreign agent charges.A jury has found former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort guilty after a three-week trial on tax and bank fraud charges — a major if not complete victory for special counsel Robert S. Mueller III.
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Manafort was convicted on five counts of filing false tax returns, one count of not filing a required IRS form, and two bank fraud counts.
WaPo
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